From ancient nest did spring a droll muir-cock
- DMI number:
- 27885
- First Line:
- From ancient nest did spring a droll muir-cock
- Last Line:
- Fistula dulce canit volucrem dum decipit auceps
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Allegory, and Fable
- Themes:
- Animals[birds], Marriage, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Alexander Pennecuik
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of Scots poems on several occasions [ESTC T226409]
- Page No(s):
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-Cock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occasions [ESTC T163987] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-Cock
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occasions [N19399] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue to Meg Dickson's Loup from the Ladder
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occassions [different setting than ESTC N19399] [ESTC T151030] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p,52
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-Cock
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occassions [ESTC T167191]
- Page No(s):
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-Cock
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A compleat collection of all the poems wrote by that famous and learned poet Alexander Pennecuik [T2228]
- Page No(s):
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-cock, written originally in the Celtick Language by the famous Mythologist Alaster Macalamore, in Villa Cuculi, carefully preserved by a MS. belonging to the Pluscardin Monks, now faithfully rendered into English.
- Attribution:
- Alexander Pennecuik (title-page).
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pennecuik
- Title:
- The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 3] [T130687] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.27-29
- Poem Title:
- A Tale of a Muir-Cock.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pennecuik, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pennecuik
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